...Princess Yorkenia and her journey to writing…. Once upon a time… Yorkenia a 17 years old adolescent in her way to college, was waiting for the train as her daily routine was of two hours to get to class… It was freezing that she thought that she was in the process of becoming Elsa… But, that wasn’t the only thoughts she had. She also, was thinking of an essay she must write for her class of creative writing which was “ Course goals.” Although it may seem an easy essay to write, she had a hard time writing it. She started the essay earlier to avoid procrastination, nothing came to her mind to write… Her mind was like a hurricane in the most arduous tropical times, taking all her time and energy thinking of her past. Searching how to write poetic, reading essays, reading articles but nothing worked. That day when the essay was due, that day when she was in the process of becoming Elsa, she had an idea of what creativity for her may be and what to write in her essay....
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...Disney Princesses: Friends or Foes? When a woman gets pregnant, the first thing she wonders is what the sex of the baby will be. If the child is a boy, the mother’s life will be filled with race cars and dirt, but if the child is a girl, life will be filled with pink, ponies and princesses. The traits of young children are not a new trend; they have been exemplified for the past twenty years on television and in all homes across the world. Being the mother of a small girl, Peggy Orenstein’s life is constantly bombarded with talk of being a princess. Orenstein wrote an article in the Contemporary Reader complaining that Disney Princesses are taking over culture and sending young girls the wrong messages about her femininity. Orenstein writes, “Its 2006, not 1950. This is Berkley, California. Does every little girl really have to be a princess?”(Orenstein, Peggy 101). I feel that Orenstein is wrong and selfish for not letting her daughter enjoy the princesses like every other little girl. Disney princesses are innocent and will do no harm in the long run. Through out this essay, I’ll show a positive side to the negatively perceived Disney princess. In an interview with Pamela Paul from Parents.com, Orenstein said this about her child, “My daughter went to preschool, and suddenly life was 24/7 princess. Before that, play had been about blocks and trains and other things, but that came to a screeching halt.” (Paul). I do not understand why this parent is so against her...
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...Chelsea Nicole T. Paclibar English 102-07 May 18, 2015 Argumentative Essay Essay #2: Final Draft Zinaida’s Love Determines Her Fate Ivan Turgenev’s “First Love,” is a story of unrequited and self-sacrificing love that tries to conquer all odds despite the circumstances. Love is the central theme of this story and it is therefore portrayed by the main characters. It follows a story of a young man named Vladimir Petrovich, as he falls in and out of love with his neighbor, Princess Zinaida Alexandrovna, daughter of Princess Zasyekin. Yet his love and admiration gets crushed after realizing that Zinaida is just being affectionate towards him because she sees him as a brother, and rather, that she is in love with Vladimir’s father, Pyotr Petrovich, which then ends up as an affair between both characters. The story concludes with both of them being exposed to this huge controversial scandal of adultery and results in Zinaida’s new loveless marriage and eventually her death. This story shows different meanings as to what love can be, as well as self-control and domination. Princess Zinaida deserved her fate because of her despicable personality, inconsistent affection towards suitors and immature outlook in love and happiness. Firstly, Princess Zinaida deserved her fate because of her despicable personality. She is a beautiful young lady who does not have that much to offer besides her pretty face. Princess Zinaida’s personality throughout the whole story, can be attributed as...
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...White’, ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Beauty and The Beast’, ‘Tangled’, and ‘Mulan’. Through the utilization of those films, I have carried my study in an order that would allow me to scrutinize the similarities assigned to the ‘pink’ customs fitted to Disney princesses, and any other differences that could break the code followed through years on the films – hence an investigation in the representation of conventional Disney princesses. Disney films have allowed children to compose a preconceived idea of women or female roles in the films or even in life altogether, as helpless, and in need of an external party (usually male – or the Prince Charming) to come in and switch their lives into the better. These stereotypical roles assigned to the princesses are usually coloured with the hue of certain behaviours, physical appearances and characteristic traits, which I will be looking into radically through the essay. For example, one factor that is most recurrent in Disney films is the value of physical appearance over wit or intellect. Secondly, the defenselessness and...
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...The person I have selected for this research paper is Princess Diana. She changed the world by modernizing the idea of what a princess should be. She also put substance over style. I already know that she thought she never had a happy life. I know she died in a car crash because photographers were chasing her. The car crashed under a bridge because she was trying to get away from the photographers. I would like to learn why her life wasn’t that happy, and why she and Prince Charles got divorced. I will be looking at websites, such as the following, biography.com, theodysseyonline.com, and more for my website sources. I will be using the documentary Behind Closed Doors as my one alternative source. For my book sources, I am planning...
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...Pangasinan COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION Demonstration Lesson Plan in English Grade 7 Prepared by: ULLYSES P. GINES Pre-Service Teacher Cooperating Teacher: MRS. ABELA F. ALVIS Cooperating School: THE GREAT PLEBEIAN COLLEGE (High School Department) Principal: MISS ELLEN P. DE OCAMPO, MAEd Pre-Service Teaching Supervisor: MR. FEDERICO A. LOPEZ SR., MAEd Dean, College of Teacher Education 1st semester A. Y 2015-2016 Demonstration Lesson Plan in English Grade 7 Luna I.OBJECTIVES At the end of the lesson, students should be able to: a. Arrange chronologically the events in the story; b. Describe the main character in the selection; c. Relate the story in real-life situation and d. Give the theme and moral lesson of the story. II.SUBJECT MATTER A. Topic: Princess Urduja ( Short Story) B. Reference: English Communication Arts and Skills through Philippine Literature by Lapid and Serrano,pp.119-122 C. Instructional Materials: textbook, chalk and chalk board, visual aids, pictures of famous and powerful Filipino women leaders, video, projector, speakers and slide presentation. D. Values: Leadership Women Empowerment Critical Thinking III. PROCEDURE A. Preliminary Activities 1. Prayer 2. Checking of Attendance 3. Passing of Assignment 4. Short Recall Ask the students the following questions: a. What are the common purposes of writing? b. Define paragraph. c. Enumerate the two basic features of a paragraph. 5. Motivation ...
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...that this job demands. I continually ask myself why I want to do this for a living. The answer is quite simple – I never work a day in my life. Getting started in this business, means a successful person will have multiple employers over the course of a year. Each job or project is freelance and short term. At least that is the typical path and mentality that many technical theater graduates choose when first starting out. Initially, jobs will pay very little and are used as professional experience and resume builders. Getting those first few jobs is quite difficult as a graduate. It is true in entertainment that who you know verses what you know will actually get you jobs. I knew practically no one and thought I knew a lot. As a result, I had little experience and no industry contacts. Many doors closed automatically because I had little more than a college degree. I sent out tons of resumes and received very few responses, this proved to be a frustrating experience. I wanted to give up and quit many times. However, I was determined to keep trying for a career as long as it took. This process proved to take years and not months like I thought it would. Over time, feeding my family became more pressing and I ended up working in a factory sewing car seats for 2 years. I reminded myself everyday of what I wanted to do with my life and that factory work was only temporary. Looking for a career while being able to eat really helped my outlook for the future. It’s easier...
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...Darah Holmes ENG 100-B14 Mr.Cortese September 21, 2015 SWA 3 (Dowd) “Our Own Warrior Princess” essay was written by Maureen Dowd. In this essay Jennifer has just had surgery and her Aunt is telling the audience about what she had to go through, such as the pain she injured after her surgery. Even though her uncle has already passed, she is the one that is afraid to go through the surgery and is also telling the story. This story is to communicate with those who are in need of people to donate from. This story was attended to those who are unsure or afraid of having surgery or donating anything needed. There were a lot of details the author used in this short essay. She reffered to Jennifer’s strength to Xena Warrior Princess. She also mentioned how people were afraid to mention that they were donors on their identification cards. The details in this story were very effective because it happens in our every day lives. In this story “Our Own WarriorPrincess”, the bigger picture is knowing that it is okay to be afraid to go and have surgery. But more importantly, it is okay to go out and save a life. Maureen Dowd transitioned this story into donating when she mentioned, “There was a complicated operation for the two side by side, that lasted from 7:30 a to 10 pm”(Dowd 255).This tells you that there were to people side by side getting ready for surgery and a transplant. In this story, the author reinforces her argument by letting you know that it is very...
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...Nature is a vital part of life. It is a part of everything that is, even culture comes from nature. Though nature has been associated with the spiritual world since ancient times, society’s view of nature has changed over time. In the Golden Age of men, nature and man existed in peaceful equilibrium, but as time went on and the world changed, nature grew to be seen in a more negative light, as a hindrance and at times an outright antagonistic presence against mankind. When reading medieval texts such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, it becomes clear that the view of nature had retained this image as an undesirable force. Reviewing medievalist texts, like the film Princess Mononoke, presents a similar concept of nature, though it is given a greater presence than that given in Sir...
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...ESSAY #1 From a historical standpoint, just about every culture on the planet has venerated males as dominate figures, while scorning females as the lesser sex. Japan is surely no exception to this method of opinion. Although, ironically male writers paved many of the pioneering days of shojo manga, many female writers emerged and revolutionized the shojo manga market and further gave women within Japanese society who read Shojo manga a sense of exemplification and ‘an air or authenticity’. This was an important mark within Japanese society, because it very closely related to the rise of femininity within Japan, as there were not many female artists before or after the World War. In came the era of the 1970s, and many female artists appeared to express their opinions by manga; their work met the demands of Japanese girls to read manga written from the female point of view. The development of manga had portrayed reality quite well, and sales within these girls’ magazines skyrocketed. As female artists maintained and developed more individuality within their art, Shojo manga in turn depicted the social roles and reduced responsibility that Japanese women had in society. Many of these magazines ‘pushed the envelope’ within society, as many of the relationships created within the stories were doseiai, or same sex romances. The writing and imagery reinforced a “visual of monotony, as many of the characters had similar facial features, and wore identical school uniforms as they...
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...Page 1 It can be easily assumed that almost everyone has heard the tale of the American Indian princess, Pocahontas – but is it true? John Smith's tales of Pocahontas have, over time, and with the help of Disney’s inaccurate rendition of Pocahontas’ story, encouraged the evolution of a great American myth. According to this myth, which is common knowledge to most Americans, Pocahontas was the fully clothed, disobedient daughter of Chief Powhatan who saved John Smith from being killed by her father and his warriors and ended up falling in love with Smith. But, was this the real Pocahontas? Was she like the Indian girl from the Disney movie who saved her reservation? Yes and no. Pocahontas was a real woman who had a great impact in the relationship between the foreigners and her people; her notoriety today is based on glorified tales that do not account for the tragedies that befell her. According to Camilla Townsend, “Long before Pocahontas became an icon, she was a child who walked and played beneath the towering trees of the Virginia woods, and then an adult woman who learned to love--and to hate--English men.” (Preface) Pocahontas was born in 1595 in Werowocomoco, Virginia. Pocahontas's real name was Matoaka. As a child, she was also called Pocahontas, meaning "playful one," and the name stuck. (Pocahontas Biography http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu/Pocahontas.html) She had 20 brothers and 9 sisters, not including herself. At an early age Pocahontas was taught...
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...To what extent does Disney’s presentation of the Aladdin legend reflect and present the ruling class ideology? In this essay I will be focusing on the ruling class ideology that is shown frequently in the Disney version of Aladdin. I will discuss the relevance of Jafar, the power and reputation of the Genie and the beauty of Jasmine who Aladdin feels he himself doesn’t deserve. The other concepts that I will briefly touch upon is the false class consciousness theory, this is where the proletariats don’t know they are being exploited by the bourgeoisie. Also, I will explore ruling class exploitation; this is where the ruling class take advantage of the working class for their own personal gain. Throughout the whole of the story a ruling class ideology is very apparent, and towards the start of the book it starts to represent Aladdin as a ‘thief’ and a character that may have been this way his whole life. You could say that throughout the story, he is trying to break sociological norm and make his way to the top of society. Members of a lower class of society truly believe that they can’t make it to the top, and in truth this isn’t correct. Members of the Bourgeoisie sell us a pipe dream and would say that they have every right to get to the top, but the lower class suffer from false class consciousness and through social aspects such as media, sport and religion this consciousness is reflected in a capitalist view. The working class feel that they have to have done something...
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...are trying to be picture perfect. From childhood everyone wants to be a prince or princess being slim goes a along with it. Weight is a major factor, must people think to look good you have to be slim and trim. With excess weight a greater problem than ever, the question of whether dieting prince or princess being slim goes a along with it. Weight is a major factor, must people think to look good you have to be slim and trim. With excess weight a greater problem than ever, the question of whether dieting or excising is more likely to lose weight is vital. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast the expenses, health benefits and weight loss between these two methods. Exercising to lose weight can be expensive, if you don’t do your research. Most exercise plans because for gym memberships, video tapes, DVD’s, clothing. These expenses can be lowered by finding an alternative exercise which doesn’t cause for purchasing items. Dancing and step aerobics can be done in your own home, avoiding membership’s fees. Unlike exercising dieting doesn’t require equipment to lose weight. Dieting r3equires nutritious food, that’s low in calories. Dieting can get expensive if you choose to lose weight by taking pills. Diet pills are required to be taken over a long period. To avoid these expenses, you should choose healthy eating plans that will stick with you for the rest of your life....
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...Descartes’ theory of dualism was one of most advanced forms of philosophical dualism, it is commonly related to the correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Descartes. In this essay, I will explain the problem that Elisabeth had with Descartes new found ideas and elaborate on his replies. In doing so I will create a deeper understanding of Cartesian Dualism and analyze the possibility of it still being an accurate claim after many centuries. Descartes’ felt the only thing in his life that could not be a deception from the Great Demon was his mind. He believed his body and surroundings could all be an illusion, but of the one thing he was sure of, because he had complete control over was his mind, his philosophy was “I think, therefore I am.” Because of this, he proposed that the mind and the body were two separate entities. This proposal went against the common theories of the time, leading Princess Elisabeth to write to Descartes asking for further explanation on what exactly he meant by the mind and body being “separate”. She asked how it could be possible for the mind and body to be separate entities yet still work in perfect unity. Descartes suggests that because of Elisabeth’s metaphysical beliefs, she is not capable of comprehending the mind and body as individual, separate entities. (Tollesfen, 1999) However, Princess Elisabeth did not only write to Descartes to have Philosophical conversation, but for assurance on the morality of Descartes theory. In...
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...Each person had their on personality and taste at the beginning of the film. I believe that communication played the biggest part in the movie. It shows the way that people from totally different backgrounds can communicate and even agree on issues. The various types of communication and behaviors within the film will be discussed. Key terms will be pointed out and highlighted, as well as described in relation to the examples extracted from the film. To begin with the film started out with a communication climate that was both tense and without verbal communication. This was mainly due to the variance in membership constructs of the characters involved. The characters included the brain Brian, Andrew the athlete, the criminal Bender, the princess Claire, and the basket case Allison. There was a great deal of interesting nonverbal communication taking place between these people. As the story progressed, their reactions and responses to each other demonstrated perceptual errors, which would later be shown. The gender conflict styles also played a role. The girls both tended to listen, rather than hold the attention of the others. This was especially true in Allison's case, who never spoke. Allison was introduced in the movie as the basket case. Allison showed that she was obviously insecure, seating herself facing away from the rest of the room (avoidance). She would not speak out, was non-assertive, and when asked what she wanted she would not respond (impervious response). She would...
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